It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

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You must dare to disassociate yourself from those who would delay your journey... Leave, depart, if not physically, then mentally. Go your own way, quietly, undramatically, and venture toward Trueness at last.

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Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.

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You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.

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Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

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The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.

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It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.

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You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

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The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.

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